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National Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Erika Treviño

September 27, 2023

Erika Treviño is a Research Support Coordinator who manages the operations for six faculty members and their research team members. She has been with the Department of Biomedical Engineering for a little more than a year after starting in August of 2022.

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UT Austin Biomedical Engineering Jumps Three Spots in U.S. News Undergraduate Rankings

September 18, 2023

The University of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program ranked No. 13 in the U.S. News & World Report best college rankings released on September 18, 2023.

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UT Austin Students Discover Academic Sanctuary in WIPSS Program

September 12, 2023

Academic presentations are a usual sight to see in the conference rooms scattered about the Department of Biomedical Engineering building. Yet throughout the Summer of 2023, there were several presentations significantly different than your typical PowerPoint.

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UT Austin BME Professor Expands Cellular Membrane Research

September 01, 2023

A UT Austin Biomedical Engineering professor is one of two principal investigators who received a three-year grant worth $1.5 million for cellular membrane research. Professor Jeanne Stachowiak is working with Professor Padmini Rangamani of UC-San Diego on the project.

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez

A 6-step Roadmap to Diversify Faculty Hiring

August 24, 2023

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin are leading a team from 16 top engineering programs to establish a roadmap for hiring diverse faculty members. The authors of the new paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering call for an overhaul of hiring processes in engineering that despite best efforts have failed to increase diversity.

UT Austin BME Graduate Student Recognized for Mitral Valve Research

August 07, 2023

A UT Austin Biomedical Engineering Graduate student received a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her research on a highly prevalent and fatal cardiovascular disease.

From Portugal to Texas, Researchers Piece Together SENTINEL Puzzle

July 19, 2023

Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer in males, with about 1 in 8 men facing a prostate cancer diagnosis during their lifetime. UT Austin Biomedical Engineering researchers collaborated with four additional research partners in a project known as SENTINEL to develop a new way to monitor prostate cancer patients. 

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UT Austin BME Chair Discusses Underrepresented Minorities in Academia

July 18, 2023

UT Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering Chair Tyrone Porter, Ph.D., spoke at the 2023 Rising Scholars Conference hosted by the University of Minnesota Biomedical Engineering Department about his life and academic career as an underrepresented minority.

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How Neural Activity Impacts Adaptive Decision Making

June 26, 2023

Throughout your day you make hundreds of decisions, ranging from what you eat for breakfast to when to go to bed, and every decision you make is based on your experiences—including the state of your mental health.

UT Austin Biomedical Engineering Student Named Astronaut Scholar by ASF

June 20, 2023

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) named a UT Austin biomedical engineering student as part of their 2023 Astronaut Scholar Class. Maanas Gupta is a rising senior whose research focuses on patient-specific stem cells to engineer functional cardiac tissue.

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